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Monday, June 24, 2013

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Monday, September 1, 1862

We were expecting to be attacked today and so were in line
of battle most of the time. Our pickets to the south of town are still
skirmishing.1 The weather is very hot.

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1It was the belief In camp that there was only a
small force of the enemy In the locality of Bolivar, but that they were quite
active to make our commanders think that they were here In large force to take
the place, and so make us keep a large force there while their real objective
was Corinth. We had then but a small force at Corinth while the Confederates
had their main army in the vicinity of Iuka, Mississippi, with the view of
capturing Corinth. — A. G. D.